At the same time that Zhang Zheng and Xu Jingzong were fighting with each other, a fierce quarrel also broke out in the Taiji Palace of Chang'an City.

Cheng Yanjin and Wei Zheng were red ears on the top of the main hall, and their eyes were red, like two fighting cocks. Wei Zheng held the wat board, his eyes were red with anger, and he almost wanted to make a move on Cheng Biting Jin.

Cheng gritted his teeth and gritted his teeth, if Li Ji hadn't grabbed his sleeve behind him, he was afraid that he would have used an old fist on Wei Zheng a long time ago.

Seeing that he couldn't break free from Li Ji's clutches, Cheng Yanjin stretched out his finger as thick as a radish and pointed at Wei Zheng's nose and scolded: "Wei Zheng'er, he is just a sour and rotten Confucian, and he is also worthy of discussing state affairs on this golden palace?" ”

"Hmph, Cheng Lao Pifu, you are just a martial artist, how can you know the difficulties of people's livelihood. What is the revenue of the treasury? How much do you spend? Did the people know about the taxation? In case of trouble, you only know the courage of a reckless husband, and a reckless man like you is above the court, which is really the misfortune of the country! Wei Zheng snorted coldly, and his attitude was also extremely bad.

The two had been arguing about the main hall for an afternoon, and the matter of arguing was naturally whether to send troops to Xue Yantuo.

"Lao Li, let go of the old man, if I don't beat this rotten Confucian today, wouldn't I live up to the name of this rotten Confucian......" The power of Wei Zheng's mouth cannon is still undiminished, and when he asks a word, Cheng Bites Jin loses his square inch, and when he turns around, he pulls Li Ji's sleeve and asks him to let go.

"Hmph, Cheng Lao Pifu, although the old man is just a civil official, if he really wants to make a move, he may not be afraid of you!" Wei Zheng's reaction was even more intense, and he immediately smashed the wat board in his hand, rolled up his sleeves and was about to dry.

Li Shimin, who was sitting on the dragon chair, looked at the two important ministers of the court, who were usually the pillars of the country, attacking each other like shrews, and now it has developed to the point of fighting in the court, and suddenly his face is black.

Tugging the corners of his mouth, Li Shimin gave a look to Wang De beside him. Wang De, who was instructed by Li Shimin, instantly tore open the male duck like a broken gong and shouted: "Silence! Wang De's loud shout overshadowed the noise between the two on the Golden Palace.

The entire Taiji Palace hall suddenly fell silent.

"Ahem." Seeing this, Li Shimin cleared his throat. Seeing that the attention of all the ministers was attracted by themselves, he said to Cheng Yanjin: "Zhijie, don't be rude to Wei Qing, Qing will retreat first." Then without waiting for Cheng Yanjin to react, he immediately said to Wei Zheng: "Wei Qing, let's say a few words, I know your hardships, but the two prime ministers of the political hall haven't spoken yet, why don't you listen to the opinions of the two Aiqing first?" ”

"Humph!"

"Humph!" Li Shimin came forward to be a peacemaker, although Cheng Yanjin and Wei Zheng were not convinced by each other, it was impossible for them to really fight shirtless in front of Li Shimin and the courtiers.

snorted coldly at each other, and then brushed his sleeves back to his place. If you want to say why the two of them are arguing on this golden palace, the reason is actually very simple.

Three years before Zhenguan, the Tang Dynasty was a little powerless to deal with the powerful Eastern Turkic Khanate alone. Li Shimin secretly sent envoys to contact Xue Yantuo, who was also a big country in the grassland, as an ally.

And Xue Yantuo, like the Tuyuhun and other khanates, was ruled by the Turkic repressive policies for many years. At this time, Datang came to the door by himself, and Yi Nan, who had long been fed up with Turkic oppression, naturally couldn't ask for it.

So Yi Nan naturally chose to backstab. In the spring of the fourth year of Zhenguan, after the Eastern Turks died at the hands of Li Jing, Xue Yantuo's Zhenzhu Khan Yinan became Li Shimin's former ally.

It was also natural to take over part of the homeland of the Eastern Turks. But on the surface, Xue Yantuo submitted to the Tang Dynasty, regarded Li Shimin as the Heavenly Khan, and recognized the legitimacy of the Tang Dynasty's rule over him.

Secretly, he has been expanding his power, and gradually encroaching on a large area of grassland in Mobei.

And now, Xue Yantuo has actually controlled a large area of horse breeding land north of Mobei, and the Tang Dynasty has gradually changed from an actual ruler to a symbolic existence in name only.

It just so happened that Li Jing had just pacified Tuyuhun, and the domestic troops in the Tang Dynasty were flourishing. In the Tang Dynasty against Tuyuhun, a cadre of generals who did not reap the benefits of Xue Yantuo's gradual loss of courtesy, and the morale of our army was high, and it was appropriate to march north, wrote to Li Shimin to conquer Xue Yantuo.

Coincidentally, Li Shimin also thinks so. So Li Shimin instructed Cheng Yanjin to poke out this matter above the court and try the reaction of the courtiers.

And then...... The ending was as Li Shimin expected. Before the two prime ministers could stand up and speak, Wei Zheng, known as the king of the court's mouth, was the first to stand up and approve the idea as worthless.

However, Wei Zheng is not untargeted, but combined with the current situation of the Tang Dynasty, he gave a reason for the domestic poverty, and the most important thing at the moment should be to rest with the people to restore the national strength, and then make other plans.

To be honest, Wei Zheng's reasons are also reasonable and convincing. Although Datang has been stable for three years, after all, it has just experienced a war to destroy the country.

The treasury cannot be said to be empty, but it is true that there are not many stocks. In addition, the soldiers who returned to the dynasty need to be rewarded, and the generals who have made meritorious deeds also need to be rewarded.

If the Northern Expedition is launched non-stop, will the water conservancy be repaired next year? Is the people's livelihood in China still developing?

Is the Daming Palace for the Emperor Taishang to live still repaired? In a word, it's okay to fight, but if you don't have money, can you save some money before playing?

But how could Cheng Biting Jin's violent temper listen to Wei Zheng say this? The opening is: "Rotten Confucian, afraid of war? So, the two quarreled as a matter of course, and then naturally developed into a personal attack, and then developed into a almost shirtless fight.

Now that Li Shimin has spoken, the two of them have temporarily died down, but looking at the expressions of the two, I am afraid that it will inevitably be a dragon and tiger fight when they go down to the court.

Li Shimin spoke, and the eldest grandson Wuji, who was the deputy minister of the empire, was no longer good at pretending to be stupid, so he took a step forward, holding a wat board and arching his hand to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, according to the old minister's opinion, I am afraid that this matter still needs to be discussed in the long run......" The eldest grandson Wuji felt a chill in his back before his words fell, but he glanced at the generals, but the generals had already stared at him.

After listening to the words of the eldest grandson Wuji, Li Shimin on the dragon chair did not say anything, but nodded lightly: "Hmm." Seeing that Li Shimin had no expression, the eldest grandson Wuji had to resist the unhappy eyes of a group of generals, gritted his teeth and prepared to explain the reasons for the long-term consideration.

But he was unexpectedly pulled into the team, and when he looked up, it was Fang Xuanling, the prime minister of the empire.

The eldest grandson Wuji was a little puzzled, according to common sense, this kind of thing would only be said by him, the deputy minister, before Fang Xuanling spoke.

But what does it mean that Fang Xuanling doesn't let him finish his words now? Before he could think about it, Fang Xuanling stepped out of the civil official queue with a wat board in his hand, and said to Li Shimin: "The old minister thinks that in this battle, Datang should fight!" ”